Good Day, God! At lunch today, I heard myself say, “life is uncertain, capricious and bad things do happen but I am determined — as much as I can — to only undergo bad things ONCE. I do not want to…
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Thinking and Doing — Prevention!
Good Day, God! Our dear son-in-law Dave has been on a Fat for Fuel eating plan for a few years now. He has returned to his Right Weight and has energy for those Tucson mountains he cycles up. Bravo!!! Iʻm…
Tagged with: Focus Time, standup desks
Posted in connecting, decision making, healing, health, moving, Personal Checklists, Personal Responsibilty
Posted in connecting, decision making, healing, health, moving, Personal Checklists, Personal Responsibilty
Give sorrow words
Good Morning, God! In You we live and move and have our being . . . I try to BE in that place when Death comes for those I love. I’m beginning to understand the Irish tradition of a wake. Actually, I’m…
Tagged with: Find someone to hear!, It is not too late to speak
Posted in connecting, daughters, Death, Families, friends, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, loss, LOVE
Posted in connecting, daughters, Death, Families, friends, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, loss, LOVE
Releasing Constrictions
Good Evening, God Is there anything more constricted than a grieving heart before it breaks open? I have been focused on the term “Constricted” for the last few weeks. It started with an awareness that I didn’t want anything “tight”…
Tagged with: Borobudur temple, fear of failing, fear of not doing stuff well enough
Posted in Centering Prayer, compassion to care for myself, confession, connecting, Constrictions, courage to see myself, Energy, fears, Grief, inner paths of the heart, Our Extended Family - all creatures great and small
Posted in Centering Prayer, compassion to care for myself, confession, connecting, Constrictions, courage to see myself, Energy, fears, Grief, inner paths of the heart, Our Extended Family - all creatures great and small
Rituals made while I wait
Good Evening, God! Always TWEAKING . . . that’s my motto. I love making small little changes — like adjusting a habit . . . a behavior pattern . . . or even how I view some problem. I do it…
My Dear Old Inner Elephant
Good Evening, God! After I do my Centering Prayer . . . I do a sort of poem. And I want to share the one I did earlier this week. Why? Maybe because I need to remember to ask my Inner Elephant…
Opening to the filling and emptying of the Holy Spirit
Good Evening, God! After two years traveling — when the Hawaiian Islands Ministries Conference was on — we are now home — and able to go to it. Not that we were traveling for two years straight! Although it felt…
Noble Intentions and Blessing Others
Good Day, God! This morning — during my Centering Prayer time — I remembered a talk given by Hob Osterlund — years ago — at Central Union Church. She encouraged us, when dealing with irritating Parts of Ourselves, to remember…
Tagged with: Hob Osterlund, the surprising usefulness of walls, Walls
Posted in Blessing, connecting, kindness, Noble Intentions, Positive Protective Limits, respect, Wanting a protected time
Posted in Blessing, connecting, kindness, Noble Intentions, Positive Protective Limits, respect, Wanting a protected time
Getting back into Sync
Good Day, God! Wow! This midmorning I was definitely Out-of-Sync! Grumpy! Worried about so much stuff that I couldn’t keep it all straight. And this was during my Centering Prayer time, too. I know this is “to be expected” and…
Tagged with: getting back into sync, Surprises
Posted in A God given diversity, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, connecting, LOVE, On being Different, Perspective, perspectives
Posted in A God given diversity, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, connecting, LOVE, On being Different, Perspective, perspectives
Paths of Discovery . . .
Good Evening, God! Years ago I heard about an old pastor asked to give the blessing to a group of young pastors. He discombobulated them by ending his prayer with these words: May we all die before we’re done. I…
Tagged with: May we die before we're done
Posted in connecting, delight, Discovery, JOY, Prayer, the joy of sharing
Posted in connecting, delight, Discovery, JOY, Prayer, the joy of sharing
A Moment with God 